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R5 million in transaction fees

05 February at 11:02 AM, via MyBroadband

Lesaka Technologies will spend about R5 million in transaction costs during its current financial year to acquire Bank Zero.

Digitap ($TAP) Crushes NexChain with Real Banking Utility: Best Crypto to Buy in 2026

05 February at 09:00 AM, via Tech Financials

The crypto presale market in 2026 has seen dozens of projects compete for investor attention. NexChain continues to attract buyers with promises of AI-powered blockchain infrastructure and claims of processing 400,000 transactions per second.  However, a closer look reveals that Digitap ($TAP) offers something far more valuable: real banking utility that works today. This crypto […]

Google goes from laggard to leader in AI

05 February at 08:47 AM, via TechCentral

Alphabet is taking on OpenAI with a gusto that underscores Wall Street’s perception that the Google parent is the leader in AI.

‘Everything is quagga mussel now’: can invasive species be stopped? – podcast

05 February at 07:00 AM, via The Guardian

On a recent trip to Lake Geneva in Switzerland, biodiversity reporter Phoebe Weston witnessed the impact of one of the planet’s most potent invasive species, the quagga mussel. In just a decade the mollusc, originally from the Ponto-Caspian region of the Black Sea, has caused irreversible change beneath the surface of the picturesque lake. While ecologists believe invasive species play a...

Google Plans to Double Spending Amid A.I. Race

05 February at 02:43 AM, via New York Times

Profits jumped 30 percent to $34.5 billion last quarter, and the tech giant is increasing its capital spending this year to as much as $185 billion.

Autistic girls much less likely to be diagnosed, study says

05 February at 01:30 AM, via The Guardian

By age 20 diagnosis rates for men and women almost equal, research finds, challenging assumptions of gender discrepancy

Females may be just as likely to be autistic as males but boys are up to four times more likely to be diagnosed in childhood, according to a large-scale study.

Research led by the Karolinska Institutet in Sweden scrutinised the diagnosis rates of autism for people born in...

Mediterranean diet can reduce risk of stroke by up to 25%, long-term study suggests

04 February at 23:00 PM, via The Guardian

Two-decade study indicates a diet rich in foods such as olive oil, nuts and vegetables can cut risk of every type of stroke

A Mediterranean diet can reduce the risk of every type of stroke, in some cases by as much as 25%, a large study conducted over two decades suggests.

A diet rich in olive oil, nuts, seafood, whole grains and vegetables has previously been linked to a number of health...

Lelia Duley obituary

04 February at 19:40 PM, via The Guardian

My wife, Lelia Duley, who has died aged 67, was an obstetric epidemiologist who studied health outcomes related to pregnancy, childbirth and its aftermath.

Working alongside frontline clinicians, she designed large-scale trials to test commonly used, but under-evaluated, treatments for pregnant women.

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Things reek, stink and pong – but why are there no verbs for describing a delightful odour? | Adrian Chiles

04 February at 18:16 PM, via The Guardian

We don’t have a single verb to express smelling something nice. Welsh and Croatian, by contrast, are never caught short when something fragrant gets right up your nose

I remember the first time I remembered a smell. This was remembering to the extent that it stopped me in my tracks, taking me back to a specific moment, a specific place and a specific feeling. The smell was that of a bike shop....

Breathwork has its uses – but when it comes to ‘unlocking your fullest human potential’, beware the puffery | Antiviral

04 February at 16:00 PM, via The Guardian

While some benefits such as stress relief are backed by solid evidence, they can be achieved without expensive hyped-up courses

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In the 2012 film adaptation of the Dr Seuss book The Lorax, a fable about capitalist greed, air is a commodity.

The mayor of Thneedville deprives the city’s residents of trees so a company he heads can sells bottles of air. He has,...

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